Improvement in water-wheels



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ATTORNEYS.

NPI'ERS. PHDTO-UTHOGRAPHEH, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT CDEEICEo BURRELL O. LAMBETH, OF THOMASVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSGNOE TO HIMSELFl AND 'L LfYOUNO, OF SAME PLACE.

lMPRovEMENT iN WATER-WHEELS.v

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,185, dated August 15, 1876; application filed April 1e, 1876. l

`the water will be applied to the wheel in the most effective manner, whether lthe whole or part gate is used. The wheel is constructed so that it can be reversed to run either Way by shifting the attaching-disk from one side to the other. The socket of the step has a tlat bottom, and the pivot on which it turns has a corresponding flat top, which Wear better than the points commonly made; The bearing for the shaft above the Wheel consists ot' boxes let into slots in the tube of the case,

Athe boxes being tapered from bottom up, and

being clamped against the shaft by a ring ot' corresponding formf. The case is also reversible by taking off the top and attaching it to the other side.

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved Wheel. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the two rims ot' the case, between which are the chutes B O, the alternate ones C being pivoted at D, to form gates to shut oft the water by closing against the outer end ofthe one ahead, and the inner one of the one behind. They are operated by the arms E, which are connected by the links F with the disk G, which is turnedby the lever H. These arms can be taken off', also the disk Gr volume of water let on by the gate, thus varying the capacity Ot' the buckets according to the power.wanted. Said valves are pivoted to the buckets in seats K, along which the Water flows unobstructedly. The wheel is composed of two rims, J, and the disk L, and may be reversed by taking oit' the disk, turn. ing the rims and buckets upside down, and putting on the disk again.

The case has a cam, M, which is also detachable, and may be connected to either side, and the-case has a tube, N, extending along up the shaft a' suitable distance, and has slots 0 in the top, in which wedge-shaped bearings or boxes are tted and secured against theshat't by thel tapered ring P, which makes amore even and reliable tightening device, and it is simpler and cheaper than theuset-screws commonly used. The socket in the bottom ofthe shaft for the step is constructed with a tlat bottom at the top of the tapered sides, and the step O has a tlat top corresponding to said bottom, which makes a more substantial and durable step than the common arrangement, in Which the step is tapered to the top.'

Having` thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a waterwvheeh the combination, with stationary buckets, of spring-valves arranged between the buckets, the latter being hooked over the edge ot' valves, substantially as and for the purpose specified. I

2. The detachable disk L, combined with the reversible wheel, composed ot'A the rims J and the buckets, substantially as specified.

' BURRELL G. LAMBETH.

Witnesses:

' H. CLAY THOMAS,

D. T. LAMBETH. 

